Tony Newton, Baron Newton of Braintree: Difference between revisions

Newton was first elected for the new constituency of Braintree in [[February 1974 United Kingdom general election|February 1974]] with a majority of 2,001,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.psr.keele.ac.uk/area/uk/ge74a/i04.htm |title=UK general election results February 1974 |publisher=Psr.keele.ac.uk |date=5 May 2011 |access-date=22 October 2013}}</ref> and successfully retained the seat in the [[October 1974 United Kingdom general election|October 1974 general election]] with a reduced majority of 1,090.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.psr.keele.ac.uk/area/uk/ge74b/i04.htm |title=UK general election results October 1974 |publisher=Psr.keele.ac.uk |date=5 May 2011 |access-date=22 October 2013}}</ref> The Conservative victory at the [[1979 United Kingdom general election|1979 general election]] boosted his majority dramatically to 12,518,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.psr.keele.ac.uk/area/uk/ge79/i04.htm |title=UK general election results 1979 |publisher=Psr.keele.ac.uk |date=5 May 2011 |access-date=22 October 2013 |archive-date=25 September 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060925040210/http://www.psr.keele.ac.uk/area/uk/ge79/i04.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref> and it increased at every subsequent election to a high of 17,494 at the [[1992 United Kingdom general election|1992 general election]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.psr.keele.ac.uk/area/uk/ge92/i03.htm |title=UK general election results 1992 |publisher=Psr.keele.ac.uk |date=5 May 2011 |access-date=22 October 2013 |archive-date=26 September 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070926212417/http://www.psr.keele.ac.uk/area/uk/ge92/i03.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref> before his defeat in the [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]] landslide at the [[1997 United Kingdom general election|1997 general election]] by 1,451 votes.